The light not so fantastic

http://www.timesonline.co...2022194,00.html

The Times Online, 4 Feb

Very annoying article full of utterly trite and pointless speculation about how some art might tap into 'deep-rooted' brain processes. I don't doubt that it might but this goes nowhere to proving it. Maybe there is some real research related to this somewhere, but it's not evident from the article.  Presume most of the blame lies with the journalist but the neurophysicist,  a prize-winning science communicator ought to have done better than this. This other article of Lythgoe's is much more thought provoking..

Since suffering a stoke in 2001, former builder Tommy McHugh has felt an insatiable need to create, from painting and drawing to writing and sculpting.  He now spends most of his day painting and sculpting and feels utterly unable to stop. http://www.mlythgoe.com/16TommyMcHugh.htm